Aftermarket

New York To Test Truck Emissions

October 19, 1998
• by Staff

Oct. 20 – New York Gov. George Pataki signed legislation last week requiring trucks and buses to pass the same emission tests required for cars – the 15th state to do so, according to the Associated Press.

The law requires that all heavyduty diesel-powered vehicles operating in the metropolitan region – New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties – undergo annual emission testing. In the rest of the state, vehicles will be subject to spot roadside emission tests, with fines of $700 for the first offense and nearly double for each subsequent one.Richard Kassel with the National Resources Defense Council said the 160,000 diesel trucks on state roadways produce three times the particulate matter as the state’s 10 million cars.

Meritor has updated MeritorPartsXpress.com to improve search functionality for the company’s offering of 100,000 aftermarket products. The website also offers new self-service tools to help customers in North America.

In a perfect world, trucks would never break down. In the real world even the best-made trucks need to come in for service. When that happens, fleet managers want service to be completed quickly and efficiently.

Navistar has launched the Navistar Service Essentials program, a partnership aimed at helping qualified vocational-technical schools “prepare the next generation of truck and bus technicians,” according to the OEM.

Times are good everywhere in trucking and Chris Baer, president and CEO of Vipar Heavy Duty, confirmed that applies to the aftermarket segment as well in his remarks at the company’s annual conference.